Gabriel van Loon

Gabriel van Loon practices in the areas of copyright, broadcasting and communications law. Gabriel received his LL.B., cum laude, from the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law in 2001, where he interned in the Bell Canada Regulatory Law Department, the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission and the Public Interest Advocacy Centre. He was called to the British Columbia bar in 2003 and is also called to the Ontario bar. While in law school, Gabe co-conducted and co-authored a groundbreaking Canadian legislative compliance study relating to corporate privacy practices. He also worked for Lesley Ellen Harris, a copyright lawyer in Washington, D.C.

Gabriel previously worked at a major national law firm and subsequently one of its clients, a major technology company, as well as in the Middle Eastern office of an international London-based law firm. He clerked at the Federal Court of Canada under the Honourable James Russell. Immediately prior to joining Hayes eLaw LLP in June 2010, Gabriel acted as Legal Counsel and Senior Legal Counsel at the Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB).

While at the CAB, Gabriel managed and participated on all aspects of numerous copyright-related files including the largest Internet tariff proceeding and the largest Copyright Board of Canada tariff proceeding to date. He has developed extensive experience in various areas of intellectual property law, with a particular focus on copyright. He has also acted as a registered lobbyist for a number of years and has met with high level Federal officials and Parliamentarians. His work on copyright files includes participation on panels, international comparative analysis and the management of copyright tariff proceedings from start to completion.

Prior to entering law school, he obtained a B.Sc. (Honours) in Civil Engineering and a M.Sc. (Honours) in Engineering from Queen’s University. He also worked as a Maritime Engineering Officer in the Canadian Primary Naval Reserves stationed in both Victoria and Halifax as well as working as an independent contractor at a decommissioned U.S. air force base in Northern Labrador.